Time flies. It seems like still in the free day mode, however 2 rounds have done since then. Let's talk about today's Round 7 first. Since I was in some shift help, not available to access to internet until lunch time, I got all these results around noon time. James got first win for the team in 3 and half hours, and then Eugene got a draw afterword. After consecutive heart broken lose news for Caleb, Maili-Jade and Rachel, finally Michael brought the win (by Christina's word: Michael is making a miracle today. I don't know the detail why it was called miracle) after almost 5 hours battle against Alex TimerKhanov from Russia.
Actually in Round 6, we got pretty good result - 3 wins (James, Michael and Maili-Jade), 1 lost(Caleb), 1 draw(Eugene) and Rachel got 1 point bye.
I have to mention that two players in the team got 3 wins in a row - James and Michael from R5 and R7. We'll see how the winning steak is going, maybe continue to count, maybe stop right away. It is really competitive tournament. It even becomes harder and harder when last 4 rounds coming.
Eugene got 2 consecutive draws after R5 lost, which is still tolerated results from my point of view. Eugene has played 4 times with player rated higher than him. His rating +/- is best along the team (+30.40). For the details, follow http://www.chess-results.com/tnr239747.aspx?lan=0&art=25&fedb=CAN&flag=30&wi=821
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